The Bilateral Meeting Panel with Mr Michal Kurtyka (second from right) Bilateral Meeting between the incoming COP24 Polish Presidency and various CSOs was held on Day 2 of SB48.2 in Bangkok. COP President Mr Michal Kurtyka began the session by expressing his eagerness to meet the CSOs- and hoped that numerous representatives will be at…

Excited faces at Day 1 of the Bangkok negotiations I am pleased to report that the first day of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) climate negotiations at SB48 Bangkok, and also my first time at a major international climate change conference, was an enjoyable experience. After attending the Youth Constituency to…

Can you tell me a little bit about yourself? My name is Prattana. I work for the International Forestry Cooperation Office under the RFD (Royal Forest Department), under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. I have worked for the government for 21 years, but previously I was involved with the royal forestry department and…

About the technology framework Article 10, paragraph 4 of the Paris Agreement has established a technology framework to provide an overarching guidance to the work of the current Technology Mechanism. The principles of this framework, which includes coherence, inclusiveness, result-oriented approach, transformational approach and transparency will provide guidance on the promotion and facilitation of technology development…

Negotiations entered full swing in Bangkok in efforts to complete the guidelines for the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP). A multitude of key topics to be tabled across all subsidiary bodies for the duration of SB48-2 has been identified by the Parties. The Ad hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA) turns its gaze…

The “dynamic but durable framework” of the Paris Agreement sets a fundamental basis for an ambitious pathway moving forward the call for global climate action (Northrop, 2017). Article 14 of the Paris Agreement pointed out that the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA) is required…

It all started when someone mentioned the word ‘intervention’ during our internal meeting with Malaysian Youth Delegation (MYD) prior to coming to Bangkok. “I want to do it” I thought to myself. All I have to do is help out with the draft text, that’s easy. That wasn’t quite the case, however. It was a…

The Bangkok Climate Change Conference started off with a pre-briefing on Monday, a day prior to the commencement of continuous negotiations. With the choice of attending either Climate Action Network’s (CAN) or YOUNGO’s (Youth NGOs) Strategy Session, I was faced with a dilemma. This was the first time I was attending a conference of any…

By Syahirah Aron Please introduce yourself. My name is Harjeet Singh. I work with the ActionAid International as the global leading in climate change, based in New Delhi. I am the head of the delegation. I have been following the negotiations since 2008, focusing specifically on adaptation and loss and damage, along with climate finance.…

“Where am I? Why is everyone so serious? What are these people discussing about? Why, why, why, why did I agree to this?” I thought to myself on the first day of the conference.“Ughh someone, please take me home, I’m lost” I shouted in my head. I am finally here in Bangkok to attend the…